Saturday, July 3, 2010

July 3 - Zoar

Question Mark butterfly


Starting Weather: Sunny, 80°
Ending Weather:  Sunny, 84°
Distance Covered: 1.57 mile
Time: 1:11-4:47PM

Today consisted of a trip south to Tuscarawas County on a hunt for insects.  We stopped first at Zoarville, the location of the red through truss bridge.  There were butterflies, dragonflies, bees, grasshoppers, and other assorted bugs flitting all around.   It was very hot and we were in the sun most of the time.   Our next stop was to Zoarlands Park, home of another beautiful bridge.  We saw some red-bellied woodpeckers here, two of which looked like they were preparing a hole in a tree for a nest.   We walked up onto the bridge, and Kay noticed a bunch of cedar waxwings flying short distances between a couple trees.  We think the were fledglings.  Lots of dragonflies and damselflies here.  This was where we stated our project on January 1.  It has changed so much in 6 months!

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